Name - Canis dirus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:145646 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Canis dirus Leidy 1858

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Recent Publications

• Problems with inferring a lack of competition between Rancho La Brea dire wolves and sabertooth cats based on dental enamel.
• Reply to Van Valkenburgh et al.
• The howl of Rancho La Brea: Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil canid hyoid bones.
• A late Pleistocene fossil from Northeastern China is the first record of the dire wolf (Carnivora: Canis dirus) in Eurasia.
• A morphological analysis of carnivoran ossicles from Rancho La Brea.

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